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Why not create your own virtual zoo?
Many of you will recall the wonderful book by Gerald Durrell, My Family & Other Animals. Why not aim to build up your own collection of adopted animals, e.g. an animal on each continent, an animal from each group listed etc? You could include in your family of adopted animals:
How else can you help, apart from adopting animals?
Most adoption packs are likely to have ideas of ways in which the recipient can help - but even if you decide not to adopt, take a look around the various web sites this site links into. What help do they need? Is there anything you can do, either from a distance or locally? Even if you learn about the animals and what threatens their welfare & wellbeing, it's a start. One action - learning about these animals & the best environments for them & how our behaviour & actions can impact on their wellbeing & survival - is better than none.
These links go straight through to the various charities offering adoption schemes. Each scheme varies, most are for a year, but each charity will give you details as to what you or your recipient will get
Please note: all prices were correct at the time of going on the web, but if you find a different price quoted above,let me know. Thanks. Also, these links will take you through to various charities, and your adoptions/sponsorships etc are made under their terms & conditions, privacy policies, delivery terms, legal etc etc. Most adoptions are for a year - please check the small print before you purchase |
Adopting animals may be the link to your heart that inspires you to take action to improve their wellbeing
Adopting an animal is a way to enjoy a personal touch with these animals, a link to your heart - you feel you have a stake in their welfare. That's what happened to me & my polar bear, and I now feel I have a stake in her welfare & wellbeing. I started to think "how can I care for her?" and "what else can I do to look after her?" I now have a polar bear in Churchill Bay; a panda in China; a donkey in Spain; my mother has two snow leopards, my husband a shark - and I'm aiming to build a collection of animals around the world. It's a great way to feel an involvement & my family are very happy - they feel they are getting presents which really mean something.
One of the things I found about having "my" polar bear (whom my husband adopted for me for my birthday and who was one of the most meaningful presents I'd ever had), was that as I read the info sent through to me about Nanuk, I started to look for ways to care for my polar bear. This may sound ridiculous, given that she is miles and miles away & not even on the same continent; but she holds a very special place in my heart.
Given the way biodiversity works, what I do to care for her in Sussex will make a different to the wellbeing of my polar bear and her cubs and also to that of other animals living in her neighbourhood. |
